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Health professionals split over allowing psychologists to prescribe drugs

May 13, 2019 at 11:42 p.m.

Week in and week out for the last five years, Marlin Hoover has boarded a plane for New Mexico, where he sees patients Monday through Wednesday. Then, the psychologist flies...

Mary Gabel visits briefly with her son Chris Marciano last month at Chicago Read Mental Health Center on Chicago's Northwest Side.

Mother’s quest to find treatment for son highlights mental health system’s limitations

June 18, 2018 at 9:50 p.m.

When Chris Marciano was 4 years old, he would have a blistering tantrum whenever music came on the radio. By the second grade, his teacher described him as "not with...

Mother’s quest to find treatment for son highlights mental health system’s limitations

November 3, 2021 at 6:02 p.m.

When Chris Marciano was 4 years old, he would have a blistering tantrum whenever music came on the radio. By the second grade, his teacher described him as "not with...

Mother’s quest to find treatment for son highlights mental health system’s limitations

May 13, 2019 at 11:41 p.m.

When Chris Marciano was 4 years old, he would have a blistering tantrum whenever music came on the radio. By the second grade, his teacher described him as "not with...

A judge's recent lifting of age restrictions on the purchase of Plan B One-Step, an emergency contraceptive, has left Chicago-area health care providers and residents unclear on what actions to take.

Questions remain after judge lifts age limit on Plan B

August 19, 2019 at 2:15 a.m.

With a federal judge clearing away age restrictions on purchasing emergency contraception, many Chicago-area health care providers, teens and others are preparing for more accessibility — even if they're not...

Questions remain after judge lifts age limit on Plan B

May 13, 2019 at 11:38 p.m.

With a federal judge clearing away age restrictions on purchasing emergency contraception, many Chicago-area health care providers, teens and others are preparing for more accessibility — even if they're not...

Ask the Expert: David Sheff

December 24, 2018 at 1:12 a.m.

David Sheff is the author of the best-selling memoir "Beautiful Boy" about his son Nic, who started smoking marijuana when he was 12 and eventually moved on to heroin and...

All-in investment needed to combat urban violence, expert says

May 13, 2019 at 11:33 p.m.

Violence in America — particularly youth violence in Chicago — has brought about on a new sense of urgency. From gunfire to cyberbullying to domestic abuse, how to resolve conflict...

Study: Removing unaffected breast doesn’t extend life in women with breast cancer

May 13, 2019 at 11:32 p.m.

The progressive increase in women having contralateral prophylactic mastectomy — a procedure that removes the unaffected breast in patients with cancer in one breast — has no impact on survival...

Harper’s grim prognosis triggers grief, sense of loss

December 24, 2018 at 12:45 a.m.

Some years ago, my mom was saddened by the death of Frank Sinatra. She talked wistfully about slow-dancing to his music and being among his delirious fans at the Chicago...

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